Mr. Peterkin thought they might make some calculation from the
quantity of grass in the lot.

Solomon John suggested that measurements might be made by
seeing how much grass the Bromwicks' cow, opposite them, eat
up in a day.

The little boys agreed to go over and spend the day on the
Bromwicks' fence, and take an observation.

"The trouble would be," said Elizabeth Eliza, "that cows walk
about so, and the Bromwicks' yard is very large. Now she would
be eating in one place, and then she would walk to another. She
would not be eating all the time, a part of the time she would be
chewing."

The little boys thought they should like nothing better than to have
some sticks, and keep the cow in one corner of the yard till the
calculations were made.

But Elizabeth Eliza was afraid the Bromwicks would not like it.

"Of course, it would bring all the boys in the school about the
place, and very likely they would make the cow angry."

Agamemnon recalled that Mr. Bromwick once wanted to hire Mr.
Peterkin's lot for his cow.

Mr. Peterkin started up.